In this Issue:

Biotechnology and a New Horizon for Horticultural Crops: Sunset or Sunrise?

VEGETABLE NEWS

Vegetable Insect Update

Weed Identification Available for Minnesota Crop Producers

Plant Disease Clinic Update

STRAWBERRY NEWS

Early-Mid Season Pests

Weekly Pest Sampling

APPLE NEWS

Degree Days and Pest Forecasting

Apple Scab Infections

Degree Day Accumulations

Weekly Trap Counts

Pest Activity

WEB SITES


Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

 

Vol 1 No.3   May 24, 2004

Degree day accumulations (base 50 degrees F)

Orchard

Cumulative Degree Days (Daily Average Method)

Cumulative Degree Days (Integral Method)

From

To

Elgin

191.6

249.0

4/7

5/17

Fairhaven

149.8

211.6

4/6

5/18

Faribault

229.4

277.2

4/8

5/19

Hastings

233.9

290.1

4/9

5/19

La Crescent

251.1

227.5

4/15

5/19

Lake City

207.8

230.8

4/7

5/17

White Bear Lake

160.5

207.4

4/1

5/17

 

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu

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